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Does Game of Thrones Have One Last Surprise?
Theories about the final “Holy s— t moment”
Spoiler warning: Don’t read unless you’re caught up to Season 8 Episode 3.
Yes, I’m going to don my tinfoil hat, to share some Game of Thrones theories that are keeping me excited for these final episodes of the series. Specifically, I’m interested in Bran’s storyline. There are some theories I read about, and others I came up with myself.
But first, why are so many Game of Thrones viewers disappointed and worried right now?
Season 7 gave us plenty of reasons to worry that this last season might not live up to our grand expectations. Rob Bricken detailed some of these worries in What if the End of ‘Game of Thrones’ is Terrible?, for OneZero. Yes, long awaited conversations didn’t always have the impact we hoped for, and characters sometimes seemed to teleport across the continent. The show cliffhangered us with Jaime, in full armor, seeming to drown in a puddle. Or a random lake? Or… something?
I was among the upset fans who — even in a rewatch — could not detect at what point, if any, Arya and Sansa’s fighting turned from real to fake, in order to fool Littlefinger.
